Solomon P. Sharp

Solomon Porcius Sharp (22 August 1787-7 November 1825) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-KY 6) from 4 March 1813 to 3 March 1817, succeeding Joseph Desha and preceding David Walker.

Biography
Solomon Porcius Sharp was born in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia in 1787, and the family briefly moved to Nashville and North Carolina before finally settling in Logan County, Kentucky in 1795. He became a lawyer in 1806 and relocated to Bowling Green, acquiring 11,000 acres of land. He served in the State House from 1809 to 1811, and he served as a major during the War of 1812 before going on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1813 to 1817 as a "War Hawk". From 1817 to 1818, he returned to the State House, and he served as Attorney General of Kentucky from 1821 to 1825, when he resigned in order to run for the State House again. However, he was stabbed to death with a poisoned dagger by a political rival on 7 November 1825, the day that the General Assembly was set to begin session.